coquina
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nə noun
1.
Also called pompano, butterfly-shell clam. a small clam, Donax variabilis, abundant in the intertidal zone of eastern and southern U.S. coastal beaches, having fanlike bands of various hues, the paired empty shells often spread in a butterfly shape.
2.
any similar clam, especially of the genus Donax.
3.
a soft, whitish rock made up of fragments of marine shells and coral, used as a building material.
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| —n | |
| a soft limestone consisting of shells, corals, etc, that occurs in parts of the US | |
| [C19: from Spanish: shellfish, probably from concha shell, | |
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| coquina (kō-kē'nə) Pronunciation Key
A soft porous limestone, composed of shells and fragments of shell and coral that are partially cemented by material that is high in calcium carbonate and has not completely hardened. |
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Example sentences
Note the solid stone blocks of coquina that make up these walls and how they were set together.
The deteriorated coquina is being replaced by stone taken from a location near where the fort's original coquina was quarried.
Coquina must be quarried and that requires a substantial amount of time, planning and knowledge.
However, coquina's porosity turned out to have an unexpected benefit.
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